''Typhlonectes'' (from el, τῠφλός , 'blind' and el, νηκτῆς , 'swimmer') is a genus of caecilians in the family

Typhlonectidae Typhlonectidae, also known as aquatic caecilians or rubber eels, are a family of caecilians found east of the Andes in South America. They are viviparous animals, giving birth to young that possess external gills. Of the five genera in the famil ...

. These fully aquatic

amphibians Amphibians are four-limbed and ectothermic vertebrates of the class Amphibia. All living amphibians belong to the group Lissamphibia. They inhabit a wide variety of habitats, with most species living within terrestrial, fossorial, arb ...

are found in the

Amazon Basin The Amazon basin is the part of South America drained by the Amazon River and its tributaries. The Amazon drainage basin covers an area of about , or about 35.5 percent of the South American continent. It is located in the countries of Boli ...

and Northern South America, and typically range between in length.Vitt, L.J.; and Caldwell, J.P. (2013). ''Herpetology, Fourth Edition: An Introductory Biology of Amphibians and Reptiles'', p. 453. The genus contains two species: * '' Typhlonectes compressicauda'' ('' Typhlonectes cunhai'') * '' Typhlonectes natans''

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